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US 12,396,892 B2Granted
External ear canal pressure regulation device
AssigneeNocira, LLC
InventorsDavid George, George Buckler, Timothy A. Crown, David Brice Sullivan
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Abstract
An external ear canal pressure regulation device including a fluid flow generator, an earpiece having an axial earpiece bore, and a valved conduit fluidicly coupled to the fluid flow generator and the axial earpiece bore, whereby the earpiece has a compliant earpiece external surface configured to sealably engage an external ear canal as a barrier between an external ear canal pressure and an ambient pressure.
Claims20
A method for alleviating a user's headache pain, the method comprising:
- sealably engaging an earpiece of a fluid transfer device with an ear of the user as a barrier between an external ear canal pressure of an external ear canal of the user and an ambient pressure outside the external ear canal;
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- operating a fluid flow generator of the fluid transfer device to generate a fluid flow between the earpiece and the external ear canal, operating the fluid flow generator comprises at least one of:
- operating the fluid flow generator in a first configuration to increase the external ear canal pressure relative to the ambient pressure so as to generate a positive external ear canal pressure differential between the external ear canal pressure and the ambient pressure, or
- operating the fluid flow generator in a second configuration to decrease the external ear canal pressure relative to the ambient pressure so as to generate a negative external ear canal pressure differential between the external ear canal pressure and the ambient pressure,
- wherein at least one of the positive external ear canal pressure differential or the negative external ear canal pressure differential causes a physiological response that alleviates the headache pain.
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A method for alleviating a user's headache pain, the method comprising:
- engaging a fluid transfer device with an ear of the user as a barrier between an external ear canal pressure of an external ear canal of the user and an ambient pressure outside the external ear canal, the fluid transfer device comprising:
- a fluid flow generator, and
- a valved conduit in fluid communication with the fluid flow generator;
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- operating the fluid transfer device to generate a fluid flow between the fluid transfer device and the external ear canal, operating the fluid transfer device comprises at least one of:
- operating the fluid flow generator when the valved conduit is in a first configuration to increase the external ear canal pressure relative to the ambient pressure so as to generate a positive external ear canal pressure differential between the external ear canal pressure and the ambient pressure, or
- operating the fluid flow generator when the valved conduit is in a second configuration to decrease the external ear canal pressure relative to the ambient pressure so as to generate a negative external ear canal pressure differential between the external ear canal pressure and the ambient pressure,
- wherein at least one of the positive external ear canal pressure differential or the negative external ear canal pressure differential causes a physiological response that alleviates the headache pain.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.